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Scarlet Cup


Scarlet Cup
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Copyright: Jan Gaisler (honza) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-20
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: f/8, 1/40 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-21 7:35
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Points: 12
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Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea)

Sporocarp
Fruiting body 1-5 cm broad, 0.5-2 cm high, cupulate with a slightly inturned margin, cup interior (fertile surface) brilliant scarlet, margin whitish, cup exterior white, tomentose; stipe absent to 3 cm tall, 4-6 mm thick, tapering downwards.

Spores
Spores 24-35 x 10-14 µm elliptical, smooth, uniseriate, hyaline.

Habitat
Scattered to gregarious on buried or fallen branches of hardwoods, especially oaks (Quercus); late winter and spring.

Edibility
Questionable. Although insignificant in size, it is described as edible in some books; untried in our area.

Comments
Sarcoscypha coccinea is distinguished from other spring cup fungi by its relatively large size, a brilliant red hymenium, white cup exterior, and a lack of marginal hairs. The Scarlet Cup fruits late in the mushroom season, seldom before January.

Source: http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Sarcoscypha_coccinea.html
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Hi jan,
Beautiful photo of this very intersting and beautiful fungi. I've never seen these before. Great photo with good details and reference to the size off the fungi. Colors and light are excellent.
TFS,
Niek

Great photo Jan. Interesting subject that I know is tough to capture well. Cheers, Rob

hi jan,
a beautiful subject to capture:)i liked the contrasting colours and the sharp details in your compo a lot.
thank you for sharing.
serhan

Hi Jan,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV, notes and framing.

Thanks for posting, have a great weekend.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-04-25 9:48]

Wow ! This mushrooms are so strange and beautiful, you have very well captured them ! I also appreciate the complementary note... Congratulations Jan and thanks for sharing

Hi Jan,
These are real beauties! The DOF is fantastic and details are very good.
Great work and have a good weekend
TFS - Shir

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